She was not condemning him, merely voicing her disapproval.

In doing so, he was merely voicing a warning that the police and other officials repeat often: three-card monte is a fraud, not a game.

"I merely voiced the doubts we all carried."

In making this declaration he was not boasting, he was merely voicing a simple truth.

He only spoke once, and then he was merely voicing his thoughts aloud.

For one thing there was no one around to argue with him, for another he was merely voicing what all of them were thinking.

He did not speak a curse, though, but merely voiced a promise.

He was merely voicing what to him was the simple and obvious truth.

She was not condemning him, merely voicing her dis- approval.

His tone of voice had been reasonable, as if he was merely voicing something the rest of them were taking for granted.